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TAFE NSW puts learning the art of sign language in your hands
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11 June 2019 - 10:34 AM

With an estimated one in six Australians living with hearing loss, TAFE NSW Nowra Auslan teacher Robert Leeson is working, one class at a time, to teach people to use their hands to be heard.

Local deaf woman on a studying mission at TAFE NSW
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18 February 2019 - 1:44 PM

Deaf Iraqi refugee Khishkok Hameed is on a studying mission now she has found independence and freedom in Australia, having completed a range of course in only 18 months – including learning English and sign language